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by nzealand·5y ago·view on hn ↗
Marilyn had the same framing of the problem as everyone else.

Marilyn made her key assumptions explicit in the original explanation she gave.

92% of people still disagreed with her.

And most of them seemed fully aware that she had the guiness world record for the highest IQ in the world.

To paraphrase Paul Graham's recent article, If the smartest person in the world proposed an idea that sounded preposterous, I'd be very reluctant to say "You are wrong."